28.03.2012
at 8am this morning matt expliained what was our tasks for the day and gave us information for our blogs and about pile task on moodle - Instructions on piles. NZS 3604 builders bible.
pile                  
Hs Radiata- 125mm x 123mm.
ordinary pile- 300 deep.
Ancnor pile- 900 deep.

this is an ancnor pile picture

you need at least 100mm for every pile used so it doesnt sink- Embedded in concrete

Bearers:

Bearers are structural horizontal "beams" supports joists and transfers loads from above down to piles

these pictures are a layout dawings of bearers

and also In and over calculations

No of bearers x length of bearers

15.5 x 4= 62

change number to a percentage:

x 100% =1.15%

add 15% to your answer

62 x 1.15%=71.3m

71.3 x 2= 142.6

2/150 x 50= means two bits joined together

15500 - 135= 15365 devide by 7=2195

bearers 90mm wide

7200mm x 90mm= 7110mm

7110 devide by 3= 2370 bearers contexs

treatment: H3.2 150mm x 150mm 2370mm bearer contexs..

we then had break then mark gave us groups of 5 im in group 3 names of group members is jessi, steve patrick, trainee and hayden then after smoko we started laying down beams and bolted them together and yep then had lunch break and then done blogs then home..

27.03.2012
we went too the river and did a foundation went 16,500 up and 8,200 across and put pegs in using a sledge hammer to make them plumb, then put down profile boards and made them go 90 degrees to make it square...then we hammer them to make all four parts square and level to put on string line for the floor plan...
tools we used for today was measuring tape,slegde hammer,string line, pegs and profiles hand hammers and nails.

this is a picture of us startingthe contour foundation plan...

this is a picture of doing a pile set up

this is a picture of us laying down this pegs and beams..

we were making sure everything was level and straight before starting to put on the string line..

we were making the piles straight and level to take level measurements

just a random picture of a pile

another 1 of the piles

a picture of the finished job of making up a pile

mark was showing us how to corectly put up a string line

the almost finished foundation layout

this photo shows that the sting line is corectly on and nice and tightly on

another photo of finished string line

string line in the centre



then after 12pm after we finished we tidyed up and left... then had lunch break for an hour...then come back to eshed and did blogs.

26.03.2012
we went too the river at 10am in the morning and we did a straight line cross section contour set out...tools we used was pegs set out at 5m up, sledge hammer to hit in pegs plumb,measuring tape to measure pegs at 5m for each one and too measure pegs accurately,builders level to take measurements and so we could take measurements we used the builders rule while doing that we wrote measurements down.
then when we got back too ucol after that we had lunch break...then we come back to the eshed and matt showed us how too fill out a feild book and then we did a straightline cross section contour graph.


 this picture shows how too calculate the back site with the fore site, then how to calculate rise and fall which is the overall measurements for the back site and fore site, then we calculated the reduced level which is the overall total for the rise and fall measurements...then after that we add all three columns to get the overall totals for them and all three total were the same. 

21.03.2012
Today we went to the river for 2 and 1/2 hours and started setting out a contours lines we started off measuring out the length and width of a 90 degree angle at 30 metres length and width tools we used was builders level and tripod to hold the level, measuring tape, string line and spray for marking measurements and also scoping rule.then we marked out the grid.and also took measurements to get it level and wrote them down into the notebook.
then after that we went back to ucol had lunch.
come back to the eshed and matt gave us a graph and we did quick stetches of the land.
then we had smoko then blogs 

20/03/2012.
Today we learnt bout concrete, Matt took us to the classroom upstairs and we watched a video about What is concrete and what its uses is and how its made.
then after that we had smoko for 10 mins. then afterwards we went too the eshed then meet up then after we went to the concrete site higgans, met Aron Curry(name of person that show us round the concrete plant. he explained What the ingredients of concrete is,what is aggregate the main ingredient for concrete. showed us how to do a slump test, then showed us round the rest of the plant.
then after that we went back too ucol to the eshed and mark went over things from the plant and answered all the questions we had.
then mark explained the hazards and health and safety to us.
then we had lunch break for an hour then we read a booklet about foundations and levels and mark explained them and showed us how to use a  builders level.

these picture are for the concrete at higgins concrete plant. they showed us how they worked and what they do they also showed us where the concrete waste goes too and the testing like slump test.. water reducing tests.

We went to a building site for framming at ITM Building Centre, Frames and Truss Plant. We met a dude named Tony, and he show us how they do their framming work and also showed us round the place told us how and what sort and type of machines they used there.
Then we got back to ucol matt told us everything that wasnt said at the site then told what timber is good too use in building... then matt told us the hazard classes and what they used 4 and the chemicals and exposure and then the Bio hazards.
Then we had smoko for 10-15mins Then come back too class and mark showed us how too used the tripod base level, a builders level and lazor level.
then after that matt taught us how too do phyhagorus theorm maths and then gave us a few problems too solve.

these are the pictures i took at the ITM building centre, Frames and Truss Plant. they were showing us how the machinery operate there and what they make at the Plant... roof framming.